It was out of my own experience that Stem Lyfe Medical Center was launched by our amazing doctors.  I suffered a pulverizing wrist and forearm fracture that led to 3 surgeries, severed nerves, sleepless nights, removal of bone and fusions.  The final outcome was a condition called Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD).  For me, RSD caused severe unremitting, burning pain twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.  I lived with this pain for seven years.  The only feeling I had in my hand was a severe burning pain.  I couldn’t feel a loving touch. I struggled to hold my husband’s hand and my children’s hands.  I no longer had any use or function left.  Pain medication became more of a dependency than a solution.  I tried everything but it didn’t make a difference.  I had headaches with stomach pain.  This added a huge struggle to being an active mom with four busy children.  I could no longer keep my life together.  My pain became my life, causing sleepless nights and even my family began to suffer.

Encouragement from my loving husband determined to not only help me, but to heal me, he and his network of friends in research, medical science and holistic care provided me with an opportunity to change my life through stem cell therapy.  The adult mesenchymal stem cell therapy I received has provided me incredible life changing results, giving me my life back.  My pain no longer controls me.  I can now feel my hand, hot cold, texture, hand holding, and other normal sensations that were absent for seven years.  I no longer rely on damaging anti-inflammatory pain medications that were a big part of my daily regimen.  I’m no longer missing out on having family fun, and I am once again creating happy memories by being an active participant in our families lives. 

My recovery inspired me, along with the doctors, to develop an organization that can treat you if you suffer from debilitating conditions like autoimmune disease and neurodegenerative disease based upon specific inclusion and exclusion criteria.  We also have experts in hair restoration and cosmetic services to return the sense of belonging, confidence and acceptance.  Improving the quality of life of others and myself has become my passion.  The same passion is evident with our Stem Lyfe Team.  We offer therapies and support as you continue on your path for better health.

Michelle Shaver

Community Relations Director

Stem Lyfe Medical Centers